Stacy Vynne is a research assistant for Resource Innovations and the Climate Leadership Initiative in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon. She supports programs that work with individuals and businesses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and with communities, the private and public sector to assist in climate change preparation. She has been the lead researcher for CLI's climate change and public health project for Oregon. Stacy has a masters in Environmental Studies and certificate in nonprofit management from the University of Oregon, where she researched conflicts between wolf recovery programs and ranching communities. Before coming to the University, Stacy received her BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College and worked as a biodiversity monitoring program manager at Conservation International in Washington, D.C.